"The second law of thermodynamics, which states that energy cannot remain perpetually in motion in a closed system, doesn’t apply to the torus, Mr. Gamble argue

"The second law of thermodynamics, which states that energy cannot remain perpetually in motion in a closed system, doesn’t apply to the torus, Mr. Gamble argues on the Thrive blog, because 'a torus is not a closed or isolated system.'" Wait, what? If I put a box around a torus, it can somehow exist outside of that box?